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data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_11" title="Windows 11 – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Windows 11" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Aragonés</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A7%B1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1%27%E0%A6%9C_%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%A7" title="ৱিণ্ড'জ ১১ – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="ৱিণ্ড'জ ১১" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target">অসমীয়া</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_11" title="Windows 11 – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Windows 11" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%9C_%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%A7" title="উইন্ডোজ ১১ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="উইন্ডোজ ১১" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_11" title="Windows 11 – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Windows 11" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_11" title="Windows 11 – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Windows 11" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9C_11" title="विंडोज 11 – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="विंडोज 11" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target">भोजपुरी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_11" title="Windows 11 – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Windows 11" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_11" title="Windows 11 – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Windows 11" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bosanski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_11" title="Windows 11 – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Windows 11" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_11" title="Windows 11 – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Windows 11" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows_11" title="Microsoft Windows 11 – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Microsoft Windows 11" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_11" title="Windows 11 – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Windows 11" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target">Davvisámegiella</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_11" title="Windows 11 – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Windows 11" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_11" title="Windows 11 – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Windows 11" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_11" title="Windows 11 – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Windows 11" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_11" title="Windows 11 – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Windows 11" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_11" title="Windows 11 – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Windows 11" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_11" title="Windows 11 – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Windows 11" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B2_%DB%B1%DB%B1" title="ویندوز ۱۱ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویندوز ۱۱" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_11" title="Windows 11 – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Windows 11" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%88%EB%8F%84%EC%9A%B0_11" title="윈도우 11 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="윈도우 11" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%B8%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A6_11" title="Վինդոուզ 11 – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Վինդոուզ 11" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BC_11" title="विण्डोज़ 11 – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="विण्डोज़ 11" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target">हिन्दी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_11" title="Windows 11 – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Windows 11" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_11" title="Windows 11 – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Windows 11" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_11" title="Windows 11 – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Windows 11" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_11" title="Windows 11 – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="Windows 11" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A1%E0%B3%8B%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B3%A7%E0%B3%A7" title="ವಿಂಡೋಸ್ ೧೧ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ವಿಂಡೋಸ್ ೧೧" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target">ಕನ್ನಡ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_11" title="Windows 11 – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="Windows 11" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_11" title="Windows 11 – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Windows 11" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_11" title="Windows 11 – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Windows 11" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_11" title="Windows 11 – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Windows 11" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B5%BB%E0%B4%A1%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D_11" title="വിൻഡോസ് 11 – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="വിൻഡോസ് 11" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target">മലയാളം</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9C_%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%A7" title="विंडोज ११ – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="विंडोज ११" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target">मराठी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_11" title="Windows 11 – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="Windows 11" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target">მარგალური</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B2_11" title="ويندوز 11 – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ويندوز 11" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_11" title="Windows 11 – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Windows 11" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9D%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%92%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%B8_%E1%81%81%E1%81%81" title="ဝင်းဒိုး ၁၁ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဝင်းဒိုး ၁၁" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target">မြန်မာဘာသာ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_11" title="Windows 11 – 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href="/wiki/Shared_Source_Initiative" title="Shared Source Initiative">Shared Source Initiative</a>)</li><li>Some components <a href="/wiki/Open-source_software" title="Open-source software">open source</a><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle#General_availability_(GA)" title="Software release life cycle">General availability</a></th><td class="infobox-data">October 5, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-10-05)<a href="#cite_note-win11release-8">[8]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Latest release</a></th><td class="infobox-data">24H2 (10.0.26100.2454) (November 21, 2024; 2 days ago (2024-11-21)<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a>) <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Latest_stable_software_release/Windows_11&action=edit">[±]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Latest preview</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> <dl><dt>Release Preview Channel</dt></dl> 24H2 (10.0.26100.2454) (November 21, 2024; 2 days ago (2024-11-21)<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a>) <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Latest_preview_software_release/Windows_11&action=edit">[±]</a> <dl><dt>Beta Channel</dt></dl> 23H2 (10.0.22635.4515) (November 22, 2024; 1 day ago (2024-11-22)<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a>) <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Latest_preview_software_release/Windows_11&action=edit">[±]</a> <dl><dt>Dev Channel</dt></dl> 24H2 (10.0.26120.2415) (November 22, 2024; 1 day ago (2024-11-22)<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a>) <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Latest_preview_software_release/Windows_11&action=edit">[±]</a> <dl><dt>Canary Channel</dt></dl> 10.0.27754.1000 (November 20, 2024; 3 days ago (2024-11-20)<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a>) <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Latest_preview_software_release/Windows_11&action=edit">[±]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Marketing target</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Personal_computing" class="mw-redirect" title="Personal computing">Personal computing</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Natural_language" title="Natural language">Available in</a></th><td class="infobox-data">88 languages<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" 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It succeeded <a href="/wiki/Windows_10" title="Windows 10">Windows 10</a> (2015), and is available for free for any Windows 10 devices that meet the new <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#System_requirements">Windows 11 system requirements</a>. Windows 11 features major changes to the <a href="/wiki/Windows_shell" title="Windows shell">Windows shell</a> influenced by the canceled <a href="/wiki/Windows_10X" title="Windows 10X">Windows 10X</a>, including a redesigned <a href="/wiki/Start_menu" title="Start menu">Start menu</a>, the replacement of its "live tiles" with a separate "Widgets" panel on the <a href="/wiki/Taskbar" title="Taskbar">taskbar</a>, the ability to create tiled sets of windows that can be minimized and restored from the taskbar as a group, and new gaming technologies inherited from <a href="/wiki/Xbox_Series_X_and_Series_S" title="Xbox Series X and Series S">Xbox Series X and Series S</a> such as Auto <a href="/wiki/High-dynamic-range_video" class="mw-redirect" title="High-dynamic-range video">HDR</a> and <a href="/wiki/DirectStorage" class="mw-redirect" title="DirectStorage">DirectStorage</a> on compatible hardware. <a href="/wiki/Internet_Explorer" title="Internet Explorer">Internet Explorer</a> (IE) has been replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Chromium_(web_browser)" title="Chromium (web browser)">Chromium</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Edge" title="Microsoft Edge">Microsoft Edge</a> as the default web browser, like its predecessor, Windows 10, and <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Teams" title="Microsoft Teams">Microsoft Teams</a> is integrated into the Windows shell. Microsoft also announced plans to allow more flexibility in software that can be distributed via the <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Store" title="Microsoft Store">Microsoft Store</a> and to support <a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a> apps on Windows 11 (including a partnership with <a href="/wiki/Amazon_Appstore" title="Amazon Appstore">Amazon</a> to make its <a href="/wiki/App_store" title="App store">app store</a> available for the function). Citing security considerations, the system requirements for Windows 11 were increased over Windows 10; Microsoft only officially supports the operating system on devices using an <a href="/wiki/Coffee_Lake" title="Coffee Lake">eighth-generation Intel Core</a> CPU or newer (with some minor exceptions), a <a href="/wiki/Zen%2B" title="Zen+">second-generation AMD Ryzen</a> CPU or newer, or a <a href="/wiki/List_of_Qualcomm_Snapdragon_systems_on_chips#Mobile_Compute_Platforms" title="List of Qualcomm Snapdragon systems on chips">Qualcomm Snapdragon 850</a> ARM system-on-chip or newer, with <a href="/wiki/UEFI" title="UEFI">UEFI</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trusted_Platform_Module" title="Trusted Platform Module">Trusted Platform Module</a> (TPM) 2.0 supported and enabled. Although, there are some exceptions to these requirements (see <a href="#System_requirements">§ System requirements</a> for details). While the OS can be installed on devices with unsupported configurations, Microsoft does not guarantee the availability of <a href="/wiki/Windows_Update" title="Windows Update">updates</a>. Furthermore, Windows 11 completely removes support for <a href="/wiki/32-bit_computing" title="32-bit computing">32-bit</a> CPUs, including both 32-bit x86 and 32-bit ARM processors, ensuring compatibility only with 64-bit <a href="/wiki/X86-64" title="X86-64">x86-64</a> and <a href="/wiki/ARM64" class="mw-redirect" title="ARM64">ARM64</a> processors. Windows 11 received a mixed reception at launch. Pre-release coverage of the operating system focused on its stricter hardware requirements, with discussions over whether they were legitimately intended to improve the security of Windows, or as a ploy to <a href="/wiki/Upsell" class="mw-redirect" title="Upsell">upsell</a> customers to newer devices, and over the <a href="/wiki/E-waste" class="mw-redirect" title="E-waste">e-waste</a> associated with the changes. Upon release, it was praised for its improved visual design, window management, and stronger focus on security, but was criticized for various modifications to aspects of its user interface that were seen as worse than its predecessor; some were seen as an attempt to dissuade users from switching to competing applications.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> Additionally, some users have pointed out disadvantages such as the removal of features like the ability to move the taskbar and increased system requirements that may exclude older devices.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> As of November 2024<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Windows_11&action=edit">[update]</a>, Windows 11, at 35% worldwide,<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> is the second most popular Windows version in use, with its predecessor Windows 10 still being the most used version in virtually all countries (with <a href="/wiki/Guyana" title="Guyana">Guyana</a> being an exception, where Windows 11 is the most used<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a>), with it globally at over 2 times the market share. Windows 11 has an estimated 23% share of all <a href="/wiki/Personal_computer" title="Personal computer">PCs</a> (the rest being other Windows editions and other operating systems such as <a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a> and <a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>), and an estimated 8.6% share of all devices (including mobile, tablet and console)<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> are running Windows 11. To comply with the <a href="/wiki/Digital_Markets_Act" title="Digital Markets Act">Digital Markets Act</a>, Microsoft is allowing users in the <a href="/wiki/European_Economic_Area" title="European Economic Area">European Economic Area</a> to remove the <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Edge" title="Microsoft Edge">Microsoft Edge</a> browser, <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Bing" title="Microsoft Bing">Microsoft Bing</a> search engine, and advertisements to comply with users' interests.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a><a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Development">Development</h2></div> At the 2015 <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Ignite" title="Microsoft Ignite">Ignite conference</a>, Microsoft employee Jerry Nixon stated that <a href="/wiki/Windows_10" title="Windows 10">Windows 10</a> would be the "last version of Windows".<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a><a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> The operating system was considered <a href="/wiki/Software_as_a_service" title="Software as a service">to be a service</a>, with new builds and updates to be released over time.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> PC World argued that the widely reported comment was however <a href="/wiki/Quoting_out_of_context" title="Quoting out of context">taken out of context</a>, noting that the official event transcript marks it only as a <a href="/wiki/Segue" title="Segue">segue</a> rather than a core part of the talk. It argues that Nixon was referring to the fact that he could talk freely at the event because 10 was the last version in current development.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> In October 2019, Microsoft announced "<a href="/wiki/Windows_10_editions" title="Windows 10 editions">Windows 10X</a>", a future edition of Windows 10 designed exclusively for <a href="/wiki/Dual-touchscreen" title="Dual-touchscreen">dual-touchscreen</a> devices such as the then-upcoming <a href="/wiki/Surface_Neo" title="Surface Neo">Surface Neo</a>. It featured a modified user interface designed around context-sensitive "postures" for different screen configurations and usage scenarios, and changes such as a centered taskbar and updated <a href="/wiki/Start_menu" title="Start menu">Start menu</a> without Windows 10's "live tiles". Legacy Windows applications would also be required to run in "containers" to ensure performance and power optimization. Microsoft stated that it planned to release Windows 10X devices by the end of 2020.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> In May 2020, during the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Panos_Panay_(Microsoft)" class="mw-redirect" title="Panos Panay (Microsoft)">Panos Panay</a>, Microsoft's chief product officer for <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a> and <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Office" title="Microsoft Office">Microsoft Office</a>, stated that "as we continue to put customers' needs at the forefront, we need to focus on meeting customers where they are now", and announced that Windows 10X would only launch on single-screen devices at first, and that Microsoft would "continue to look for the right moment, in conjunction with our OEM partners, to bring dual-screen devices to market".<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a><a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> In October 2020, reports emerged that Microsoft was working on a user interface refresh for Windows 10 codenamed "Sun Valley", scheduled to be included in a late-2021 feature update codenamed "Cobalt". Internal documentation stated that the aim for "Sun Valley" was to "reinvigorat[e]" the Windows user interface and make it more "fluid", with a more consistent application of <a href="/wiki/WinUI" class="mw-redirect" title="WinUI">WinUI</a>, while reports suggested Microsoft planned to adapt UI elements seen in Windows 10X.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> In January 2021, it was reported that a job listing referring to a "sweeping visual rejuvenation of Windows" had been posted by Microsoft.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> By December 2020, Microsoft had begun to implement and announce some of these visual changes and other new features on Windows 10 Insider Preview builds, such as new system icons (which also included the replacement of shell resources dating back as far as <a href="/wiki/Windows_95" title="Windows 95">Windows 95</a>),<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> improvements to <a href="/wiki/Task_View" title="Task View">Task View</a> to allow changing the wallpaper on each <a href="/wiki/Virtual_desktop" title="Virtual desktop">virtual desktop</a>, <a href="/wiki/X86-64" title="X86-64">x86-64</a> emulation on ARM, and adding the Auto HDR feature from <a href="/wiki/Xbox_Series_X" class="mw-redirect" title="Xbox Series X">Xbox Series X</a>.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a><a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a><a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> On May 18, 2021, Head of Windows Servicing and Delivery John Cable stated that Windows 10X had been canceled and that Microsoft would be "accelerating the integration of key foundational 10X technology into other parts of Windows and products at the company".<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Announcement">Announcement</h3></div> At the <a href="/wiki/Build_(developer_conference)#2021" class="mw-redirect" title="Build (developer conference)">Microsoft Build 2021</a> developer conference, CEO and chairman <a href="/wiki/Satya_Nadella" title="Satya Nadella">Satya Nadella</a> teased about the existence of the next generation of Windows during his <a href="/wiki/Keynote_speech" class="mw-redirect" title="Keynote speech">keynote speech</a>. According to Nadella, he had been self-hosting it for several months. He also teased that an official announcement would come very soon.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> Just a week after Nadella's keynote, Microsoft started sending invitations for a dedicated Windows media event at 11:00 a.m. <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Time">ET</a> on June 24, 2021.<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a><a href="#cite_note-:0-44">[44]</a> Microsoft also posted an 11-minute video of Windows start-up sounds to <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> on June 10, 2021, with many people speculating both the time of the Microsoft event and the duration of the Windows start-up sound video to be a reference to the name of the operating system as Windows 11.<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a><a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> On June 24, 2021, Windows 11 was officially announced at a <a href="/wiki/Virtual_event" title="Virtual event">virtual event</a> hosted by <a href="/wiki/Chief_Product_Officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Product Officer">Chief Product Officer</a> <a href="/wiki/Panos_Panay_(Microsoft)" class="mw-redirect" title="Panos Panay (Microsoft)">Panos Panay</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:0-44">[44]</a><a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a><a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> According to Nadella, Windows 11 is "a re-imagining of the operating system".<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> Further details for developers such as updates to the <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Store" title="Microsoft Store">Microsoft Store</a>, the new <a href="/wiki/Windows_App_SDK" title="Windows App SDK">Windows App SDK</a> (code-named "Project Reunion"), new Fluent Design guidelines, and more were discussed during another developer-focused event on the same day.<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a><a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a><a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Release_and_marketing">Release and marketing</h3></div> The Windows 11 name was accidentally released in an official Microsoft support document in June 2021.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a><a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> Leaked images of a purported beta build of Windows 11's desktop surfaced online later on June 15, 2021,<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a><a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> which were followed by a leak of the aforementioned build on the same day.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> The screenshots and leaked build show an interface resembling that of the canceled Windows 10X, alongside a redesigned <a href="/wiki/Out-of-box_experience" title="Out-of-box experience">out-of-box experience</a> (OOBE) and Windows 11 branding.<a href="#cite_note-reviewgeek-souce_code_leak-58">[58]</a> Microsoft would later confirm the authenticity of the leaked beta, with Panay stating that it was an "early weird build".<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a><a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> At the June 24 media event, Microsoft also announced that Windows 11 would be released in "Holiday 2021".<a href="#cite_note-:6-61">[61]</a><a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> Its release will be accompanied by a free upgrade for compatible Windows 10 devices through <a href="/wiki/Windows_Update" title="Windows Update">Windows Update</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:7-63">[63]</a> On June 28, Microsoft announced the release of the first preview build and SDK of Windows 11 to <a href="/wiki/Windows_Insider" title="Windows Insider">Windows Insiders</a>.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> On August 31, 2021, Microsoft announced that Windows 11 was to be released on October 5, 2021.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> The release would be phased, with newer eligible devices to be offered the upgrade first.<a href="#cite_note-win11release-8">[8]</a> Since its predecessor Windows 10 was released on July 29, 2015, more than six years earlier, this is the longest time span between successive releases of Microsoft Windows operating systems, beating the time between <a href="/wiki/Windows_XP" title="Windows XP">Windows XP</a> (released on October 25, 2001) and <a href="/wiki/Windows_Vista" title="Windows Vista">Windows Vista</a> (released on January 30, 2007).<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> The first television commercial for Windows 11 premiered during the <a href="/wiki/2021_NFL_season" title="2021 NFL season">2021</a> <a href="/wiki/NFL_Kickoff_Game" title="NFL Kickoff Game">NFL Kickoff Game</a> on September 9, 2021; it was intended to showcase a "feeling of immersion and fluidity", with imagery of operating system features and <a href="/wiki/Xbox_Game_Studios" title="Xbox Game Studios">Xbox Game Studios</a>' <a href="/wiki/Halo_Infinite" title="Halo Infinite">Halo Infinite</a>.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> Other promotional campaigns on release day included the <a href="/wiki/Burj_Khalifa" title="Burj Khalifa">Burj Khalifa</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dubai" title="Dubai">Dubai</a> being illuminated with imagery of the Windows 11 logo and default "Bloom" wallpaper,<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> and Mikey Likes It ice cream parlors in New York City distributing free cups of "Bloomberry" ice cream.<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a><a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> Though a support document listed October 4, 2021, as the initial release date,<a href="#cite_note-win11-21h2-history-71">[71]</a> Microsoft officially released Windows 11 on October 5, 2021,<a href="#cite_note-win11release-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> as an opt-in, in-place upgrade through either the Windows 11 Installation Assistant application (which can perform the upgrade, or generate an <a href="/wiki/ISO_image" class="mw-redirect" title="ISO image">ISO image</a> or USB install media), or via Windows Update in a phased rollout; Microsoft anticipated that Windows 11 would be available via Windows Update to all eligible devices by mid-2022.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a><a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a><a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> New installations of Windows 10 on eligible hardware may present an option to upgrade during the OOBE.<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> Retail copies of Windows 11 (consisting of a <a href="/wiki/Product_key" title="Product key">license key</a> and <a href="/wiki/USB_flash_drive" title="USB flash drive">USB flash drive</a>) were released on May 9, 2022,<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a><a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> and digital licenses became available via <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Store" title="Microsoft Store">Microsoft Store</a> on July 28, 2022.<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> On September 20, 2023, around two years after the release date of Windows 11, Microsoft announced that users would no longer be able to use Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1 keys to activate Windows 10/11.<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> However, as of 2024, there are some reports that they still work, under certain conditions.<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a><a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Features">Features</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Features_new_to_Windows_11" title="Features new to Windows 11">Features new to Windows 11</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_features_removed_in_Windows_11" title="List of features removed in Windows 11">List of features removed in Windows 11</a></div> Windows 11, the first major Windows release since 2015, builds upon its predecessor by revamping the user interface to follow Microsoft's new <a href="/wiki/Fluent_Design" class="mw-redirect" title="Fluent Design">Fluent Design</a> guidelines. The redesign, which focuses on <a href="/wiki/Ease_of_use" class="mw-redirect" title="Ease of use">ease of use</a> and flexibility,<a href="#cite_note-:7-63">[63]</a> comes alongside new productivity and social features and updates to security and accessibility, addressing some of the deficiencies of <a href="/wiki/Windows_10" title="Windows 10">Windows 10</a>.<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Store" title="Microsoft Store">Microsoft Store</a>, which serves as a unified storefront for apps and other content, is also redesigned in Windows 11. Microsoft now allows developers to distribute <a href="/wiki/Win32" class="mw-redirect" title="Win32">Win32</a>, <a href="/wiki/Progressive_web_application" class="mw-redirect" title="Progressive web application">progressive web applications</a>, and other packaging technologies in the Microsoft Store, alongside <a href="/wiki/Universal_Windows_Platform_apps" title="Universal Windows Platform apps">Universal Windows Platform apps</a>.<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> Microsoft also announced plans to allow third-party <a href="/wiki/Application_store" class="mw-redirect" title="Application store">application stores</a> (such as <a href="/wiki/Epic_Games_Store" title="Epic Games Store">Epic Games Store</a>) to distribute their clients on Microsoft Store.<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> Windows 11 supports <a href="/wiki/X86-64" title="X86-64">x86-64</a> software emulation on ARM-based platforms.<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> The collaboration platform <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Teams" title="Microsoft Teams">Microsoft Teams</a> is integrated into the Windows 11 user interface, and is accessible via the taskbar.<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> <a href="/wiki/Skype" title="Skype">Skype</a> will no longer be bundled with the OS by default.<a href="#cite_note-:3-88">[88]</a><a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a><a href="#cite_note-:11-90">[90]</a> In early 2023, the <a href="/wiki/Phone_Link" title="Phone Link">Phone Link</a> app gained limited support for <a href="/wiki/IMessage" title="IMessage">iMessage</a>.<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a><a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a><a href="#cite_note-:15-93">[93]</a> Microsoft claims performance improvements such as smaller update sizes, faster web browsing in "any browser", faster wake time from sleep mode, and faster <a href="/wiki/Windows_Hello" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows Hello">Windows Hello</a> authentication.<a href="#cite_note-:3-88">[88]</a><a href="#cite_note-:4-94">[94]</a> Windows 11 ships with the <a href="/wiki/Chromium_(web_browser)" title="Chromium (web browser)">Chromium</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Edge" title="Microsoft Edge">Microsoft Edge</a> web browser (for compatibility<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a><a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> with <a href="/wiki/Google_Chrome" title="Google Chrome">Google Chrome</a> web browser<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a>), and does not include or support <a href="/wiki/Internet_Explorer" title="Internet Explorer">Internet Explorer</a>.<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> Its rendering engine <a href="/wiki/MSHTML" class="mw-redirect" title="MSHTML">MSHTML</a> (Trident) is still included with the operating system for backwards compatibility reasons, and Edge can be configured with <a href="/wiki/Group_Policy" title="Group Policy">Group Policy</a> to render whitelisted websites in "IE Mode" (which still uses IE's rendering engine <a href="/wiki/MSHTML" class="mw-redirect" title="MSHTML">MSHTML</a>, instead of <a href="/wiki/Blink_(browser_engine)" title="Blink (browser engine)">Blink layout engine</a>).<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a> Windows 11 is the first version of Windows since the original retail release of <a href="/wiki/Windows_95" title="Windows 95">Windows 95</a> to not ship with Internet Explorer.<a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> The updated <a href="/wiki/Xbox_(app)" title="Xbox (app)">Xbox app</a>,<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a><a href="#cite_note-:5-102">[102]</a> along with the Auto <a href="/wiki/High-dynamic-range_television" title="High-dynamic-range television">HDR</a> and <a href="/wiki/DirectStorage" class="mw-redirect" title="DirectStorage">DirectStorage</a> technologies introduced by the <a href="/wiki/Xbox_Series_X_and_Series_S" title="Xbox Series X and Series S">Xbox Series X and Series S</a>, will be integrated into Windows 11; the latter requiring a graphics card supporting <a href="/wiki/DirectX#DirectX_12" title="DirectX">DirectX 12</a> and an <a href="/wiki/NVMe" class="mw-redirect" title="NVMe">NVMe</a> <a href="/wiki/Solid-state_drive" title="Solid-state drive">solid-state drive</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:5-102">[102]</a><a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="User_interface">User interface</h3></div> A redesigned user interface is present frequently throughout the operating system, building upon the <a href="/wiki/Fluent_Design_System" title="Fluent Design System">Fluent Design System</a>; translucency, shadows, a new color palette, and a rounded geometry are prevalent throughout the UI. A prevalent aspect of the design is an appearance known as "Mica", described as an "opaque, dynamic material that incorporates theme and desktop wallpaper to paint the background of long-lived windows such as apps and settings".<a href="#cite_note-:12-104">[104]</a><a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> Much of the interface and start menu takes heavy inspiration from the now-canceled Windows 10X.<a href="#cite_note-verge-win11-leakstartmenuscreenshots3-106">[106]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Segoe_UI" class="mw-redirect" title="Segoe UI">Segoe UI</a> font used since <a href="/wiki/Windows_Vista" title="Windows Vista">Windows Vista</a> has been updated to a <a href="/wiki/Variable_font" title="Variable font">variable</a> version, improving its ability to scale between different display resolutions.<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Win11_flyout.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Win11_flyout.png/200px-Win11_flyout.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Win11_flyout.png/300px-Win11_flyout.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Win11_flyout.png/400px-Win11_flyout.png 2x" data-file-width="688" data-file-height="425" /></a><figcaption>The flyout for the volume and brightness control in Windows 11 version 22H2 onwards</figcaption></figure> The <a href="/wiki/Taskbar" title="Taskbar">taskbar</a>'s buttons are center-aligned by default, and it is permanently pinned to the bottom edge of the screen; it cannot be moved to the top, left, or right edges of the screen as in previous versions of Windows without manual changes to the <a href="/wiki/Windows_Registry" title="Windows Registry">registry</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:1-108">[108]</a> The notifications sidebar is now accessed by clicking the date and time, with other Quick Actions toggles, as well as volume, brightness, and media playback controls, moved to a new settings pop-up displayed by clicking on the system tray. The "Widgets" button on the taskbar displays a panel with <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_News" class="mw-redirect" title="Microsoft News">Microsoft Start</a>,<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a> a <a href="/wiki/News_aggregator" title="News aggregator">news aggregator</a> with personalized stories and content (expanding upon the "news and interests" panel introduced in later builds of Windows 10).<a href="#cite_note-:4-94">[94]</a><a href="#cite_note-:12-104">[104]</a> <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Teams" title="Microsoft Teams">Microsoft Teams</a> is similarly integrated with the taskbar, with a pop-up showing a list of recent conversations.<a href="#cite_note-:11-90">[90]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Start_menu" title="Start menu">Start menu</a> has been significantly redesigned, replacing the "live tiles" used by <a href="/wiki/Windows_8.x" title="Windows 8.x">Windows 8.x</a> and 10 with a grid of "pinned" applications, and a list of recent applications and documents.<a href="#cite_note-:3-88">[88]</a><a href="#cite_note-:4-94">[94]</a> <a href="/wiki/File_Explorer" title="File Explorer">File Explorer</a> was updated to replace its <a href="/wiki/Ribbon_(computing)" title="Ribbon (computing)">ribbon toolbar</a> with a more traditional <a href="/wiki/Toolbar" title="Toolbar">toolbar</a>, while its <a href="/wiki/Context_menu" title="Context menu">context menus</a> have been redesigned to move some tasks (such as copy and paste) to a toolbar along the top of the menu, and hide other operations under an overflow menu.<a href="#cite_note-:12-104">[104]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Virtual_Desktops_in_Windows_11.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/Virtual_Desktops_in_Windows_11.png/220px-Virtual_Desktops_in_Windows_11.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/Virtual_Desktops_in_Windows_11.png/330px-Virtual_Desktops_in_Windows_11.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/Virtual_Desktops_in_Windows_11.png/440px-Virtual_Desktops_in_Windows_11.png 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="432" /></a><figcaption>The redesigned Task View in Windows 11, featuring a separate wallpaper support for individual desktops</figcaption></figure> <a href="/wiki/Task_View" title="Task View">Task View</a>, a feature introduced in Windows 10, features a refreshed design, and supports giving separate wallpapers to each <a href="/wiki/Virtual_desktop" title="Virtual desktop">virtual desktop</a>. The window snapping functionality has been enhanced with two additional features; hovering over a window's maximize button displays pre-determined "Snap Layouts" for <a href="/wiki/Tiling_window_manager" title="Tiling window manager">tiling</a> multiple windows onto a display, and tiled arrangement of windows can be minimized and restored from the taskbar as a "snap group".<a href="#cite_note-:4-94">[94]</a><a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a> When a display is disconnected in a <a href="/wiki/Multi-monitor" title="Multi-monitor">multi-monitor</a> configuration, the windows that were previously on that display will be minimized rather than automatically moved to the main display. If the same display is reconnected, the windows are restored to their prior location.<a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Windows_Subsystem_for_Android">Windows Subsystem for Android</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Project_Astoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Project Astoria">Project Astoria</a> and <a href="/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux" title="Windows Subsystem for Linux">Windows Subsystem for Linux</a></div> On October 21, 2021, Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) became available to Beta channel builds of Windows 11 for users in the United States,<a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a> which allows users to install and run <a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)#Applications" title="Android (operating system)">Android apps</a> on their devices. Users can install Android apps through any source using the <a href="/wiki/Apk_(file_format)" title="Apk (file format)">APK</a> file format.<a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> An <a href="/wiki/Amazon_Appstore" title="Amazon Appstore">Amazon Appstore</a> client for Microsoft Store is also available.<a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a><a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a><a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a><a href="#cite_note-:14-117">[117]</a> The Windows Subsystem for Android and Amazon Appstore became available to Release channel users in the United States on February 15, 2022, in Windows 11 Release build 22000.527.<a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a> On March 5, 2024, Microsoft announced deprecation of WSA with support ending on March 5, 2025.<a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a> WSA is based on the Intel Bridge runtime compiler; Intel stated that the technology is not dependent on its CPUs, and will also be supported on x86-64 and ARM CPUs from other vendors.<a href="#cite_note-:14-117">[117]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Setup">Setup</h3></div> Home and Pro (since <a href="/wiki/Windows_11,_version_22H2" title="Windows 11, version 22H2">version 22H2</a>) edition installation requires internet connection and Microsoft account login (only if for personal use on Pro) is mandatory unless manually bypassed to create a local user.<a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a><a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a><a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a><a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a><a href="#cite_note-:16-124">[124]</a> However, Microsoft has since blocked one of the last remaining easy bypass methods that allowed local account creation during initial setup, complicating the bypass process further.<a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a><a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> All other editions are excluded from this requirement.<a href="#cite_note-:1-108">[108]</a><a href="#cite_note-11_IoT_req-127">[127]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="System_security">System security</h3></div> As part of the minimum system requirements, Windows 11 only runs on devices with a <a href="/wiki/Trusted_Platform_Module" title="Trusted Platform Module">Trusted Platform Module</a> 2.0 security coprocessor,<a href="#cite_note-:8-128">[128]</a><a href="#cite_note-:9-129">[129]</a> albeit with some exceptions, see <a href="#System_requirements">§ System requirements</a> for details. According to Microsoft, the TPM 2.0 coprocessor is a "critical building block" for protection against <a href="/wiki/Firmware" title="Firmware">firmware</a> and hardware attacks. In addition, Microsoft now requires devices with Windows 11 to include virtualization-based security (VBS), hypervisor-protected code integrity (HVCI), and <a href="/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface#Secure_Boot" class="mw-redirect" title="Unified Extensible Firmware Interface">Secure Boot</a> built-in and enabled by default.<a href="#cite_note-:10-130">[130]</a> The operating system also features hardware-enforced stack protection for supported Intel and AMD processors for protection against <a href="/wiki/Zero-day_exploit" class="mw-redirect" title="Zero-day exploit">zero-day exploits</a>.<a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a> Like its predecessor, Windows 11 also supports <a href="/wiki/Multi-factor_authentication" title="Multi-factor authentication">multi-factor authentication</a> and <a href="/wiki/Biometric_authentication" class="mw-redirect" title="Biometric authentication">biometric authentication</a> through Windows Hello.<a href="#cite_note-:10-130">[130]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Artificial_intelligence">Artificial intelligence</h3></div> In subsequent updates, Microsoft added several features based on <a href="/wiki/Artificial_intelligence" title="Artificial intelligence">artificial intelligence</a> (AI), like live captions, background noise removal in videoconferencing, webcam auto-framing that follows the user's movements,<a href="#cite_note-:15-93">[93]</a> and AI-powered Bing Chat in the taskbar's search field.<a href="#cite_note-132">[132]</a> Following the integration of <a href="/wiki/GPT-4" title="GPT-4">GPT-4</a> in Microsoft's other products, the company announced that by summer 2023, the newly released <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Copilot" title="Microsoft Copilot">Microsoft Copilot</a> would add GPT-4 integration to the Windows taskbar.<a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a> On May 20, 2024, Microsoft officially announced "Recall"—a feature that will use a hardware <a href="/wiki/AI_accelerator" title="AI accelerator">AI accelerator</a> to locally store "snapshots" of the user's activity (including content transcribed using live captions), and allow users to search through them. This feature will be exclusive to devices certified under the "Copilot+ PC" branding.<a href="#cite_note-:17-134">[134]</a><a href="#cite_note-:18-135">[135]</a><a href="#cite_note-136">[136]</a> Following pushback from the cyber security community, Microsoft delayed the feature in June 2024. A preview version will be added to the Microsoft Insider program at later date in order to test added security measures.<a href="#cite_note-137">[137]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Editions">Editions</h2></div> Windows 11 is available in two main editions; the Home edition, which is intended for consumer users, and the Pro edition, which contains additional networking and security features (such as <a href="/wiki/BitLocker" title="BitLocker">BitLocker</a>), as well as the ability to join a <a href="/wiki/Windows_domain" title="Windows domain">domain</a>.<a href="#cite_note-138">[138]</a> Windows 11 Home may be restricted by default to verified software obtained from Microsoft Store ("S Mode").<a href="#cite_note-139">[139]</a> Windows 11 Home requires an Internet connection and a <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_account" title="Microsoft account">Microsoft account</a> in order to complete first-time setup.<a href="#cite_note-140">[140]</a> This restriction is also applied to Windows 11 Pro since <a href="/wiki/Windows_11,_version_22H2" title="Windows 11, version 22H2">version 22H2</a><a href="#cite_note-:16-124">[124]</a> as it was announced in February 2022, although a Microsoft account isn't required if it's not for personal use.<a href="#cite_note-alsowin11pro-141">[141]</a> Windows 11 SE was announced on November 9, 2021, as an edition exclusively for low-end devices sold in the education market; it is intended as a successor to <a href="/wiki/Windows_10_S" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows 10 S">Windows 10 S</a>, and also competes primarily with <a href="/wiki/ChromeOS" title="ChromeOS">ChromeOS</a>. It is designed to be managed via <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Intune" title="Microsoft Intune">Microsoft Intune</a>, and has changed based on feedback from educators to simplify the user interface and reduce "distractions", such as Snap Layouts not containing layouts for more than two applications at once, all applications opening maximized by default, and Widgets being removed. It is bundled with applications such as <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Office" title="Microsoft Office">Microsoft Office</a> for <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_365" title="Microsoft 365">Microsoft 365</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minecraft_Education_Edition" class="mw-redirect" title="Minecraft Education Edition">Minecraft Education Edition</a>, and Flipgrid, while <a href="/wiki/OneDrive" title="OneDrive">OneDrive</a> is used to save files by default. Windows 11 SE does not include Microsoft Store; third-party software is provisioned or installed by administrators. To target organizations migrating from Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge is configured by default to enable the installation of extensions from the <a href="/wiki/Chrome_Web_Store" title="Chrome Web Store">Chrome Web Store</a>.<a href="#cite_note-142">[142]</a><a href="#cite_note-143">[143]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_editions">Other editions</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Windows_10_editions" title="Windows 10 editions">Windows 10 editions</a></div> Other editions include Pro Education, Pro for Workstations, Education, Enterprise, Enterprise multi-session, IoT Enterprise, Enterprise LTSC, IoT Enterprise LTSC, Home Single Language, and Team; along with regional variations. These editions remain fundamentally the same as their Windows 10 edition counterparts. Two new editions called IoT Enterprise Subscription and IoT Enterprise Subscription LTSC have been introduced in <a href="/wiki/Windows_11,_version_24H2" title="Windows 11, version 24H2">version 24H2</a>.<a href="#cite_note-IoT2-144">[144]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Supported_languages">Supported languages</h2></div> Before the launch of Windows 11, OEMs (as well as mobile operators) and businesses were offered two options for device imaging: Component-Based Servicing lp.cab files (for the languages to be preloaded on the first boot) and Local Experience Pack .appx files (for the languages available for download on supported PCs). The 38 fully-localized Language Pack (LP) languages were available as both lp.cab and .appx packages, while the remaining 72 partially-localized Language Interface Pack (LIP) languages were only available as .appx packages.<a href="#cite_note-145">[145]</a> With Windows 11, that process has changed. Five new LP languages were added — Catalan, Basque, Galician, Indonesian, and Vietnamese — bringing the total number of LP languages to 43. Furthermore, these 43 languages can only be imaged using lp.cab packages. This is to ensure a fully supported language-imaging and cumulative update experience. The remaining 67 LIP languages that are LXP-based will move to a self-service model, and can only be added by Windows users themselves via the Microsoft Store and Windows Settings apps, not during the Windows imaging process. Any user, not just admins, can now add both the display language and its features, which can help users in business environments, but these exact options for languages (both LP and LIP) still depend on the OEM and mobile operator. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Updates_and_support">Updates and support</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Windows_11_version_history" title="Windows 11 version history">Windows 11 version history</a></div> Like Windows 10, Windows 11 follows Microsoft's Modern Lifecycle Policy. Each annual feature update has its own support lifecycle: two years for the Home and Pro editions, and three years for the Education and Enterprise editions. Microsoft has stated that Windows 11 provides no lifecycle guarantee if it has been installed on a machine that does not meet its minimum hardware requirements.<a href="#cite_note-146">[146]</a> Windows 11 receives annual major updates, though Microsoft sometimes adds major features in mid-cycle releases. Starting in 2022, in the Enterprise and Education editions, major features added in yearly releases will be turned off by default until the next yearly release, though these features can be manually enabled as a <a href="/wiki/Group_Policy" title="Group Policy">group policy</a>.<a href="#cite_note-147">[147]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Preview_releases">Preview releases</h3></div> The <a href="/wiki/Windows_Insider" title="Windows Insider">Windows Insider</a> program carries over from Windows 10, with pre-release builds divided into "Dev" (unstable builds used to test features for future feature updates), "Beta" (test builds for the next feature update; relatively stable in comparison to Dev channel), and "Release Preview" (pre-release builds for final testing of upcoming feature updates) channels.<a href="#cite_note-148">[148]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Versions">Versions</h3></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%"> <caption><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:left"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Windows_11_versions" title="Template:Windows 11 versions"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Windows_11_versions" title="Template talk:Windows 11 versions"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Windows_11_versions" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Windows 11 versions"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div>Windows 11 versions </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="3" scope="col">Version </th> <th rowspan="3" scope="col">Codename </th> <th rowspan="3" scope="col">Marketing name </th> <th rowspan="3" scope="col">Build </th> <th rowspan="3" scope="col">Release date </th> <th colspan="4" scope="col">Supported until (and support status by color) </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">GAC<a href="#cite_note-149">[a]</a> </th> <th colspan="2">LTSC<a href="#cite_note-150">[b]</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Home, Pro, SE,</li><li>Pro Education,</li><li>Pro for Workstations</li></ul></div> </th> <th scope="col"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Education,</li><li>Enterprise,</li><li>IoT Enterprise</li></ul></div> </th> <th>Enterprise </th> <th>IoT Enterprise </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Windows_11,_version_21H2" title="Windows 11, version 21H2">21H2</a> </td> <td>Sun Valley </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td>22000 </td> <td>October 5, 2021 </td> <td style="background:#fdb3ab">October 10, 2023 </td> <td style="background:#fdb3ab">October 8, 2024 </td> <td rowspan="3" colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Windows_11,_version_22H2" title="Windows 11, version 22H2">22H2</a> </td> <td>Sun Valley 2 </td> <td>2022 Update<a href="#cite_note-151">[c]</a> </td> <td>22621 </td> <td>September 20, 2022 </td> <td style="background:#fdb3ab">October 8, 2024 </td> <td style="background:#fef8c6">October 14, 2025 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Windows_11,_version_23H2" title="Windows 11, version 23H2">23H2</a> </td> <td>Sun Valley 3 </td> <td>2023 Update<a href="#cite_note-152">[d]</a> </td> <td>22631 </td> <td>October 31, 2023 </td> <td style="background:#fef8c6">November 11, 2025 </td> <td style="background:#fef8c6">November 10, 2026 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Windows_11,_version_24H2" title="Windows 11, version 24H2">24H2</a> </td> <td>Hudson Valley </td> <td>2024 Update </td> <td>26100 </td> <td>October 1, 2024<a href="#cite_note-153">[e]</a> </td> <th style="background:#d4f4b4">October 13, 2026 </th> <th style="background:#d4f4b4">October 12, 2027 </th> <th style="background:#d4f4b4">October 9, 2029 </th> <th style="background:#d4f4b4">October 10, 2034<a href="#cite_note-154">[f]</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9">Legend: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style>  Old version<a href="#cite_note-155">[g]</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959">  Older version, still maintained<a href="#cite_note-156">[h]</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959">  Latest version<a href="#cite_note-157">[i]</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959">  Preview version<a href="#cite_note-158">[j]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:left">Notes: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-lower-alpha reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-149"><a href="#cite_ref-149">^</a> General Availability Channel. </li> <li id="cite_note-150"><a href="#cite_ref-150">^</a> Long-Term Servicing Channel. </li> <li id="cite_note-151"><a href="#cite_ref-151">^</a> Five updates were released: "Moment 1" with build 22621.675 on October 18, 2022 "Moment 2" with build 22621.1344 on February 28, 2023 "Moment 3" with build 22621.1778 on May 24, 2023 "Moment 4" with build 22621.2361 on September 26, 2023 "Moment 5" with build 22621.3235 on February 29, 2024 </li> <li id="cite_note-152"><a href="#cite_ref-152">^</a> An update codenamed "Moment 5" was released on February 29, 2024 with build 22631.3235 </li> <li id="cite_note-153"><a href="#cite_ref-153">^</a> Windows 11, version 24H2 was generally available for Copilot Plus PCs from June 15, 2024 </li> <li id="cite_note-154"><a href="#cite_ref-154">^</a> Mainstream support until October 9, 2029. </li> <li id="cite_note-155"><a href="#cite_ref-155">^</a> Windows 11 builds that have this color have reached their expiration dates and are no longer supported by Microsoft. </li> <li id="cite_note-156"><a href="#cite_ref-156">^</a> Windows 11 builds that have this color are no longer the latest version of Windows 11, but are still supported by Microsoft. </li> <li id="cite_note-157"><a href="#cite_ref-157">^</a> Windows 11 builds that have this color are the latest (by <a href="/wiki/SKU" class="mw-redirect" title="SKU">SKU</a>) public version of Windows 11. </li> <li id="cite_note-158"><a href="#cite_ref-158">^</a> Windows 11 builds that have this color are Insider Preview builds, and are not the latest public version. </li> </ol></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="System_requirements">System requirements</h2></div> <table class="wikitable floatright" style="text-align:center;max-width:535px;font-size:90%;margin-left:1.5em"> <caption>Hardware requirements for Windows 11<a href="#cite_note-:8-128">[128]</a><a href="#cite_note-:2-159">[149]</a><a href="#cite_note-160">[150]</a> (excludes <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#IoT_Enterprise_editions">IoT Enterprise version 24H2 editions</a>) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Component </th> <th>Minimum </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Central_processing_unit" title="Central processing unit">Processor</a> </th> <td>A compatible 64-bit processor (<a href="/wiki/X86-64" title="X86-64">x86-64</a> or <a href="/wiki/ARM64" class="mw-redirect" title="ARM64">ARM64</a>) with at least 1 <a href="/wiki/Gigahertz" class="mw-redirect" title="Gigahertz">GHz</a> <a href="/wiki/Clock_rate" title="Clock rate">clock rate</a> and at least 2 processor cores appearing on the Microsoft list of approved CPUs (CPU model check not enforced on some editions). </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Random-access_memory" title="Random-access memory">Memory (RAM)</a> </th> <td>At least 4 GB </td></tr> <tr> <th>Storage space </th> <td>At least 64 GB </td></tr> <tr> <th>System firmware </th> <td><a href="/wiki/UEFI" title="UEFI">Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">Security </th> <td><a href="/wiki/UEFI#Secure_Boot" title="UEFI">Secure Boot</a> (recommended but not required) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Trusted_Platform_Module" title="Trusted Platform Module">Trusted Platform Module</a> (TPM) version 2.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Graphics_card" title="Graphics card">Graphics card</a> </th> <td>Compatible with <a href="/wiki/DirectX#DirectX_12" title="DirectX">DirectX 12</a> or later with <a href="/wiki/Windows_Display_Driver_Model#WDDM_2.0" title="Windows Display Driver Model">WDDM 2.0</a> driver </td></tr> <tr> <th>Display </th> <td>High definition (720p) display that is greater than 9" diagonally, 8 bits per color channel; optional on <a href="/wiki/Windows_IoT_Enterprise" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows IoT Enterprise">IoT Enterprise</a> editions.<a href="#cite_note-11_IoT_req-127">[127]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Internet connection and Microsoft accounts </th> <td>Internet connection and <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_account" title="Microsoft account">Microsoft account</a> required to complete first-time setup on Home and Pro (for personal use) editions.<a href="#cite_note-alsowin11pro-141">[141]</a><a href="#cite_note-:1-108">[108]</a><a href="#cite_note-11_IoT_req-127">[127]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable floatright" style="text-align:center;max-width:535px;font-size:90%;margin-left:1.5em"> <caption>Additional requirements for optional functionality </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Feature </th> <th>Requirements </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/5G" title="5G">5G</a> support </th> <td><a href="/wiki/5G" title="5G">5G</a> capable <a href="/wiki/Modem" title="Modem">modem</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Auto <a href="/wiki/High-dynamic-range_video" class="mw-redirect" title="High-dynamic-range video">HDR</a> </th> <td>HDR capable <a href="/wiki/Computer_monitor" title="Computer monitor">monitor</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Biometric authentication and Windows Hello </th> <td>Illuminated infrared camera or fingerprint reader </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/BitLocker" title="BitLocker">BitLocker</a> to Go </th> <td><a href="/wiki/USB" title="USB">USB</a> <a href="/wiki/Flash_drive" title="Flash drive">flash drive</a> (available in Windows 11 Pro and higher editions) </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Hyper-V" title="Hyper-V">Hyper-V</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_Level_Address_Translation" title="Second Level Address Translation">Second Level Address Translation</a> (SLAT) (available in Windows 11 Pro and higher editions) </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/DirectStorage" class="mw-redirect" title="DirectStorage">DirectStorage</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/NVMe" class="mw-redirect" title="NVMe">NVMe</a> <a href="/wiki/Solid-state_drive" title="Solid-state drive">Solid-state drive</a><a href="#cite_note-161">[151]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/DirectX#DirectX_12_Ultimate" title="DirectX">DirectX 12 Ultimate</a> </th> <td>Available with supported games and graphics cards </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/3D_audio_effect" title="3D audio effect">Spatial sound</a> </th> <td>Supporting hardware and software </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Multi-factor_authentication" title="Multi-factor authentication">Two-factor authentication</a> </th> <td>Use of <a href="/wiki/Personal_identification_number" title="Personal identification number">PIN</a>, biometric authentication, or a phone with <a href="/wiki/Wi-Fi" title="Wi-Fi">Wi-Fi</a> or <a href="/wiki/Bluetooth" title="Bluetooth">Bluetooth</a> capabilities </td></tr> <tr> <th>Speech recognition </th> <td>Microphone </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.11ax-2021" class="mw-redirect" title="IEEE 802.11ax-2021">Wi-Fi 6E</a> support </th> <td>New <a href="/wiki/Wireless_LAN" title="Wireless LAN">WLAN</a> IHV hardware and <a href="/wiki/Device_driver" title="Device driver">driver</a>, Wi-Fi 6E capable AP/<a href="/wiki/Router_(computing)" title="Router (computing)">router</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Windows Projection </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wi-Fi" title="Wi-Fi">Wi-Fi</a> adapter that supports <a href="/wiki/Wi-Fi_Direct" title="Wi-Fi Direct">Wi-Fi Direct</a>, <a href="/wiki/Windows_Display_Driver_Model" title="Windows Display Driver Model">WDDM</a> 2.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Windows Subsystem for Android (public preview) </th> <td>A supported processor and a solid-state drive At least 8 GB of RAM (minimum) At least 16 GB of RAM (recommended) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Official">Official</h3></div> The basic <a href="/wiki/System_requirements" title="System requirements">system requirements</a> of Windows 11 differ significantly from Windows 10. Windows 11 only supports <a href="/wiki/64-bit_computing" title="64-bit computing">64-bit</a> systems such as those using an <a href="/wiki/X86-64" title="X86-64">x86-64</a> or <a href="/wiki/AArch64" title="AArch64">ARM64</a> processor; <a href="/wiki/IA-32" title="IA-32">IA-32</a> and <a href="/wiki/ARM32" class="mw-redirect" title="ARM32">ARM32</a> processors are no longer supported.<a href="#cite_note-:9-129">[129]</a> Thus, Windows 11 is the first consumer version of Windows not to support 32-bit processors (although <a href="/wiki/Windows_Server_2008_R2" title="Windows Server 2008 R2">Windows Server 2008 R2</a> is the first version of <a href="/wiki/Windows_Server" title="Windows Server">Windows Server</a> to not support them).<a href="#cite_note-162">[152]</a><a href="#cite_note-163">[153]</a> The minimum RAM and storage requirements were also increased; Windows 11 now requires at least 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of storage.<a href="#cite_note-164">[154]</a> <a href="/wiki/Windows_10_editions#S" title="Windows 10 editions">S mode</a> is only supported for the Home edition of Windows 11.<a href="#cite_note-165">[155]</a> As of August 2021, the officially supported list of processors includes eighth generation Intel Core CPUs (<a href="/wiki/Coffee_Lake" title="Coffee Lake">Coffee Lake</a>) and later, AMD <a href="/wiki/Zen%2B" title="Zen+">Zen+</a> CPUs/<a href="/wiki/AMD_Accelerated_Processing_Unit" class="mw-redirect" title="AMD Accelerated Processing Unit">APUs</a> and later (which include the "AF" revisions of Ryzen 1000 CPUs, which are underclocked Zen+ CPUs that supplant Ryzen 1000 parts that could no longer be manufactured due to a change in <a href="/wiki/14_nm_process" title="14 nm process">process</a>),<a href="#cite_note-166">[156]</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_Qualcomm_Snapdragon_systems_on_chips#Snapdragon_835_(2017)" title="List of Qualcomm Snapdragon systems on chips">Qualcomm Snapdragon 850</a> and later.<a href="#cite_note-167">[157]</a> The compatibility list includes the Intel Core i7-7820HQ, a seventh-generation processor used by the <a href="/wiki/Surface_Studio_2" title="Surface Studio 2">Surface Studio 2</a>,<a href="#cite_note-168">[158]</a> although only on devices that shipped with <a href="/wiki/Device_driver#APIs" title="Device driver">DCH</a>-based drivers.<a href="#cite_note-169">[159]</a> <a href="/wiki/Original_equipment_manufacturer" title="Original equipment manufacturer">Original equipment manufacturers</a> (OEM) can still ship computers without a TPM 2.0 coprocessor upon Microsoft's approval.<a href="#cite_note-:8-128">[128]</a><a href="#cite_note-170">[160]</a> On May 20, 2024, Microsoft announced "Copilot+ PC"—a brand of Windows 11 devices that are designed to support enhanced artificial intelligence features. Copilot+ PCs require an on-board <a href="/wiki/AI_accelerator" title="AI accelerator">AI accelerator</a>, at least 256 GB of storage, and at least 16 GB of RAM. The first wave of Copilot+ PCs run the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite system-on-chip. x86-64-based Copilot+ PCs began to be announced later in the year, which are based on AMD <a href="/wiki/Ryzen_AI" class="mw-redirect" title="Ryzen AI">Ryzen AI</a> and <a href="/wiki/Intel_Core_Ultra" class="mw-redirect" title="Intel Core Ultra">Intel Core Ultra</a> CPUs.<a href="#cite_note-:17-134">[134]</a><a href="#cite_note-:18-135">[135]</a><a href="#cite_note-171">[161]</a><a href="#cite_note-172">[162]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unofficial">Unofficial</h3></div> Devices with unsupported 64-bit processors are not blocked from installing or running Windows 11; however, a clean install or upgrade using ISO installation media must be performed as Windows Update will not offer an upgrade from Windows 10.<a href="#cite_note-173">[163]</a> Additionally, users must also accept an on-screen disclaimer stating that they will not be entitled to receive updates, and that damage caused by using Windows 11 on an unsupported configuration are not covered by the manufacturer's warranty.<a href="#cite_note-174">[164]</a><a href="#cite_note-175">[165]</a> In addition, various unofficial methods to bypass other Windows 11 requirements, such as, but not limited to TPM 2.0 exist; including an official unofficial method provided directly by Microsoft.<a href="#cite_note-176">[166]</a> In April 2024, Windows Insider version <a href="/wiki/Windows_11,_version_24H2" title="Windows 11, version 24H2">24H2</a> builds began to have a dependency of the <a href="/wiki/SSE4.2" class="mw-redirect" title="SSE4.2">SSE4.2</a> and <a href="/wiki/SSE4#POPCNT_and_LZCNT" title="SSE4">POPCNT</a> <a href="/wiki/Instruction_set_architecture" title="Instruction set architecture">CPU instructions</a> (corresponding to the <a href="/wiki/X86-64#Microarchitecture_levels" title="X86-64">x86-64 v2 microarchitecture level</a>), increasing the unofficial minimum compatibility to <a href="/wiki/Bulldozer_(microarchitecture)" title="Bulldozer (microarchitecture)">Bulldozer microarchitecture</a>-based processors like the <a href="/wiki/AMD_FX" title="AMD FX">AMD FX</a> (2011) processors and <a href="/wiki/Nehalem_(microarchitecture)" title="Nehalem (microarchitecture)">first-generation Intel Core i</a> (2008) processors.<a href="#cite_note-SSE4.2-177">[167]</a> <a href="/wiki/Intel_Core_(microarchitecture)" title="Intel Core (microarchitecture)">Intel Core 2</a> (like the <a href="/wiki/Core_2_Duo" class="mw-redirect" title="Core 2 Duo">Core 2 Duo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Core_2_Quad" class="mw-redirect" title="Core 2 Quad">Core 2 Quad</a>), <a href="/wiki/AMD_K10" class="mw-redirect" title="AMD K10">AMD K10</a> CPUs (such as <a href="/wiki/Phenom_II" title="Phenom II">Phenom II</a> and <a href="/wiki/Athlon_II" title="Athlon II">Athlon II</a>) and older are no longer supported. Finally, version 24H2 now requires <a href="/wiki/AArch64#ARMv8.1-A" title="AArch64">ARMv8.1</a>, dropping unofficial support for <a href="/wiki/AArch64#ARM-A_(application_architecture)" title="AArch64">ARMv8.0</a>. E.g., the <a href="/wiki/List_of_devices_using_Qualcomm_Snapdragon_systems_on_chips#Snapdragon_835_(2017)" title="List of devices using Qualcomm Snapdragon systems on chips">Snapdragon 835</a> and older are no longer supported.<a href="#cite_note-ARMv8.1-178">[168]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Firmware_compatibility">Firmware compatibility</h3></div> Legacy <a href="/wiki/BIOS" title="BIOS">BIOS</a> is no longer officially supported; a <a href="/wiki/UEFI" title="UEFI">UEFI</a> system and a <a href="/wiki/Trusted_Platform_Module" title="Trusted Platform Module">Trusted Platform Module</a> (TPM) 2.0 security coprocessor is now officially required.<a href="#cite_note-:1-108">[108]</a><a href="#cite_note-:2-159">[149]</a><a href="#cite_note-179">[169]</a><a href="#cite_note-180">[170]</a> The TPM requirement in particular has led to confusion as many motherboards do not have TPM support, or require a compatible TPM to be physically installed onto the motherboard. Many newer CPUs also include a TPM implemented at the CPU level (with AMD referring to this as "fTPM", and Intel referring to it as "Platform Trust Technology" [PTT]),<a href="#cite_note-181">[171]</a> which might be disabled by default and require changing settings in the computer's UEFI firmware,<a href="#cite_note-182">[172]</a> or a UEFI firmware update that changes the default settings to reflect these requirements.<a href="#cite_note-183">[173]</a> ARM64 version of Windows 11 requires the <a href="/wiki/UEFI" title="UEFI">UEFI</a> firmware with <a href="/wiki/ACPI" title="ACPI">ACPI</a> protocol. Starting with version 24H2, <a href="/wiki/Windows_IoT_Enterprise" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows IoT Enterprise">IoT Enterprise</a> editions have officially reintroduced legacy BIOS support and eliminated the requirement for a TPM.<a href="#cite_note-11_IoT_req-127">[127]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Third-party_software">Third-party software</h3></div> Some third-party software may refuse to run on configurations of Windows 11 that do not comply with the hardware security requirement. After the release of Windows 11, <a href="/wiki/Riot_Games" title="Riot Games">Riot Games</a>' kernel-level <a href="/wiki/Cheating_in_online_games" title="Cheating in online games">anti-cheat</a> system Vanguard—used in <a href="/wiki/Valorant" title="Valorant">Valorant</a> and since May 2024 by <a href="/wiki/League_of_Legends" title="League of Legends">League of Legends</a><a href="#cite_note-184">[174]</a>—began to enforce the operating system security requirements, and will not allow the games to be run on the OS if secure boot and a TPM 2.0-compliant coprocessor are not enabled.<a href="#cite_note-185">[175]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="IoT_Enterprise_editions">IoT Enterprise editions</h3></div> <table class="wikitable floatright" style="text-align:center;max-width:535px;font-size:90%;margin-left:1.5em"> <caption>Hardware requirements for Windows 11 <a href="/wiki/Windows_IoT_Enterprise" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows IoT Enterprise">IoT Enterprise</a> <a href="/wiki/Windows_11,_version_24H2" title="Windows 11, version 24H2">version 24H2</a> editions<a href="#cite_note-11_IoT_req-127">[127]</a><a href="#cite_note-IoT2-144">[144]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Component </th> <th>Minimum </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Central_processing_unit" title="Central processing unit">Processor</a> </th> <td>A 64-bit processor (<a href="/wiki/X86-64#Microarchitecture_levels" title="X86-64">x86-64 v2</a><a href="#cite_note-SSE4.2-177">[167]</a> or <a href="/wiki/ARMv8.1-A" class="mw-redirect" title="ARMv8.1-A">ARMv8.1</a><a href="#cite_note-ARMv8.1-178">[168]</a>) with at least 1 <a href="/wiki/Gigahertz" class="mw-redirect" title="Gigahertz">GHz</a> <a href="/wiki/Clock_rate" title="Clock rate">clock rate</a> and at least 2 processor cores. </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Random-access_memory" title="Random-access memory">Memory (RAM)</a> </th> <td>LTSC: At least 2 GB Non-LTSC: At least 4 GB </td></tr> <tr> <th>Storage space </th> <td>LTSC: At least 16 GB Non-LTSC: At least 64 GB </td></tr> <tr> <th>System firmware </th> <td><a href="/wiki/BIOS" title="BIOS">Basic Input/Output System (BIOS)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Security </th> <td>Optional </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Graphics_card" title="Graphics card">Graphics card</a> </th> <td>Compatible with <a href="/wiki/DirectX#DirectX_10" title="DirectX">DirectX 10</a>/Not required </td></tr> <tr> <th>Display </th> <td>Optional </td></tr> <tr> <th>Internet connection and Microsoft accounts </th> <td>Not required </td></tr></tbody></table> While <a href="/wiki/Windows_IoT_Enterprise" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows IoT Enterprise">IoT Enterprise editions</a> have always had slightly reduced official requirements compared to other Windows 11 editions, notably starting with <a href="/wiki/Windows_11,_version_24H2" title="Windows 11, version 24H2">version 24H2</a>, minimum requirements were further reduced and now differ significantly. These updated 24H2 requirements were announced on May 22, 2024, for both LTSC and non-LTSC editions. For the first time since Windows 11 release, Microsoft has officially eliminated a <a href="/wiki/Trusted_Platform_Module" title="Trusted Platform Module">TPM</a> and <a href="/wiki/UEFI" title="UEFI">UEFI</a> minimum requirement for all systems running these editions and dropped the minimum <a href="/wiki/DirectX" title="DirectX">DirectX</a> version down to 10 (version 12 was previously required on <a href="/wiki/Windows_11,_version_23H2" title="Windows 11, version 23H2">23H2</a>). Finally, the IoT Enterprise LTSC edition further drops the minimum required RAM to 2 GB and storage space to 16 GB.<a href="#cite_note-11_IoT_req-127">[127]</a><a href="#cite_note-IoT2-144">[144]</a><div style="clear:right;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-release">Pre-release</h3></div> Reception of Windows 11 upon its reveal was positive, with critics praising the new design and productivity features.<a href="#cite_note-186">[176]</a> However, Microsoft was criticized for creating confusion over the minimum system requirements for Windows 11.<a href="#cite_note-187">[177]</a> The increased system requirements (compared to those of Windows 10) initially published by Microsoft meant that up to 60 percent of existing Windows 10 PCs were unable to upgrade to Windows 11,<a href="#cite_note-188">[178]</a> which has faced concerns that this will contribute to <a href="/wiki/Electronic_waste" title="Electronic waste">electronic waste</a>.<a href="#cite_note-189">[179]</a> Microsoft has not specifically acknowledged this when discussing the cutoff, it was also acknowledged that the <a href="/wiki/Skylake_(microarchitecture)" title="Skylake (microarchitecture)">sixth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kaby_Lake" title="Kaby Lake">seventh generation</a> of <a href="/wiki/Intel_Core" title="Intel Core">Intel Core</a> processors were prominently afflicted by CPU-level security vulnerabilities such as <a href="/wiki/Meltdown_(security_vulnerability)" title="Meltdown (security vulnerability)">Meltdown</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spectre_(security_vulnerability)" title="Spectre (security vulnerability)">Spectre</a>, and that newer CPUs manufactured since then had increased mitigations against the flaws.<a href="#cite_note-:12-104">[104]</a><a href="#cite_note-:13-190">[180]</a> Speaking to IT news outlet <a href="/wiki/CRN_(magazine)" title="CRN (magazine)">CRN</a>, a dozen solution providers all felt that they "believe Windows 11 will be a meaningful step up in security, and they agree with Microsoft's strategy of putting security first."<a href="#cite_note-:13-190">[180]</a> Research Vice President of <a href="/wiki/Gartner" title="Gartner">Gartner</a> Stephen Kleynhans felt that Microsoft was "looking at the entire stack from the hardware up through the applications and the user experience and trying to make the entire stack work better and more securely.<a href="#cite_note-:13-190">[180]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Launch">Launch</h3></div> Andrew Cunningham of <a href="/wiki/Ars_Technica" title="Ars Technica">Ars Technica</a> gave a mixed but overall cautiously positive review of Windows 11 upon its release. He praised the improvements to its visual design (describing the new "Mica" appearance as reminiscent of the visual appearance of <a href="/wiki/IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a> and <a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>, and arguing that Microsoft had "[made] a serious effort" at making the user-facing aspects of Windows 11 more consistent visually. He also praised window management, performance (assessed as being equivalent to if not better than Windows 10), other "beneficial tweaks". Criticism was raised towards Widgets' lack of support for third-party content, thus limiting it to Microsoft services only, regressions in taskbar functionality and customization. He also noted the inability to easily select default applications for common tasks such as web browsing, as it requires the user to select the browser application for each <a href="/wiki/File_format" title="File format">file type</a> individually. Apart from the user interface, system requirements and Microsoft's unclear justification for its processor compatibility criteria remained a major sticking point for him. While some of the system requirements have brought greater public attention to hardware security features present on modern PCs, he argued that these could already be employed on Windows 10, albeit optionally. Cunningham concluded that "as I've dug into [Windows 11] and learned its ins and outs for this review, I've warmed to it more", but argued that the OS was facing similar "public perception" issues to <a href="/wiki/Windows_Vista" title="Windows Vista">Windows Vista</a> and <a href="/wiki/Windows_8" title="Windows 8">Windows 8</a>. However, he noted that 11 did not have as many performance issues or bugs as Vista had upon its release, nor was as "disjointed" as 8, and recommended that users who were unsure about the upgrade should stay on Windows 10 in anticipation of future updates to 11.<a href="#cite_note-:12-104">[104]</a> Tom Warren of <a href="/wiki/The_Verge" title="The Verge">The Verge</a> described Windows 11 as being akin to a house in the middle of renovations, but that "actually using Windows 11 for the past few months hasn't felt as controversial as I had expected"—praising its updated user interface as being more modern and reminiscent of <a href="/wiki/IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a> and <a href="/wiki/ChromeOS" title="ChromeOS">ChromeOS</a>, the new start menu for feeling less cluttered than the <a href="/wiki/Windows_10" title="Windows 10">Windows 10</a> iteration, updates to some of its stock applications, and Snap Assist. Warren noted that he rarely used the Widgets panel or <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Teams" title="Microsoft Teams">Microsoft Teams</a>, citing that he preferred the weather display that later versions of <a href="/wiki/Windows_10" title="Windows 10">Windows 10</a> offered, and did not use Teams to communicate with his friends and family. He also acknowledged the expansion of the <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Store" title="Microsoft Store">Microsoft Store</a> to include more "traditional" desktop applications. However, he felt that Windows 11 still felt like a work in progress, noting <a href="/wiki/User_interface" title="User interface">UI</a> inconsistencies (such as dark mode and new <a href="/wiki/Context_menu" title="Context menu">context menu</a> designs not being uniform across all dialogues and applications, and the <a href="/wiki/Universal_Windows_Platform_apps" title="Universal Windows Platform apps">UWP</a> Settings app still falling back upon legacy <a href="/wiki/Control_Panel_(Windows)" title="Control Panel (Windows)">Control Panel</a> applets for certain settings), regressions to the <a href="/wiki/Taskbar" title="Taskbar">taskbar</a> (including the inability to move it, drag files onto taskbar buttons to focus the corresponding application, and the clock only shown on the primary display in <a href="/wiki/Multi-monitor" title="Multi-monitor">multi-monitor</a> configurations), and promised features (such as dynamic refresh rate support and a universal microphone mute button) not being present on the initial release. Overall, he concluded that "I wouldn't rush out to upgrade to Windows 11, but I also wouldn't avoid it. After all, Windows 11 still feels familiar and underneath all the <a href="/wiki/User_interface" title="User interface">UI</a> changes, it's the same <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> we've had for decades."<a href="#cite_note-191">[181]</a> Mark Hatchman of <a href="/wiki/PC_World" title="PC World">PC World</a> was more critical of Windows 11, arguing that it "sacrifices productivity for personality, but without cohesion", commenting upon changes such as the inability to use local "offline" accounts on Windows 11 Home, regressions to the <a href="/wiki/Taskbar" title="Taskbar">taskbar</a>, a "functionally worse" <a href="/wiki/Start_menu" title="Start menu">start menu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Teams" title="Microsoft Teams">Microsoft Teams</a> integration having privacy implications and being a ploy to coerce users into switching to the service, <a href="/wiki/File_Explorer" title="File Explorer">File Explorer</a> obscuring common functions under unclear icons, forcing users to scroll through many options to discourage changing the default web browser from Microsoft Edge, and that the OS "anecdotally feels less responsive, slower, and heavier than Windows 10". 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